BURNS v. STATE

No. 82-2193.

433 So.2d 997 (1983)

Roger Paul BURNS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied July 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Pope of Law Offices of Robert W. Pope, P.A., St. Petersburg, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Frank Lester Adams, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


CAMPBELL, Judge.

This is an appeal from the denial of a motion for discharge pursuant to the speedy trial rule.

Appellant was arrested by undercover narcotics officers for possession of firearms during the commission of a felony, trafficking in cocaine, and possession of drug paraphernalia. On December 9, 1981, some of the evidence seized at the time appellant was arrested was sent to the Pinellas County Sheriff's forensic chemistry lab for analysis. The lab...

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